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LlMNOPHILA SPECTABILIS, Sp. 11. 



Antennae black, the first segment of the flagellum yellowish ; wings 

 subhyaline, with an extensive pale grey pattern. 



Male. Length 7'2 mm.; wing 8'8 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi black. Antennae moderately elongated, black, 

 the first flagellar segment yellowish ; flagellar segments elongate-oval. 

 Head dark brown. 



Pronotum dull brownish-yellow. Mesonotum dull brown, dis- 

 coloured in the type, scutellum more yellowish. Pleura dull brownish- 

 yellow with a broad dark brown stripe extending from the cervical 

 sclerites backward. Halteres yellowish, the base of the knob brown. 

 Legs with the coxae and trochauters dull yellow ; femora and tibiae 

 dull brown, the tips a little darker ; tarsi brown. Wings subhyaline, 

 extensively suffused with pale greyish-brown clouds and broad seams 

 as follows : Base of the wing, origin of the sector, along the cord and 

 outer end of cell Isf M 2 and at the ends of the longitudinal veins ; 

 veins dark brown. Venation (Plate III, fig. 5) : Sc extending to 

 beyond the end of the sector ; Sc. 2 at the tip of Sc { ; r at the tip of R\ ; 

 jR.,+3 rather short, somewhat arcuated ; petiole of cell M l about one- 

 third to one-half the length of the cell; basal deflection of C^ just 

 before the middle of cell ls M,,. 



Abdominal tergites dark brown ; steruites with the basal third of the 

 segments brownish, the remainder dull yellowish ; hypopygium dark. 



Habitat. South Africa. 



Holotype, <J, Maritzburg, Natal, 1917 (K. H. Barnard). 



Type in the South African Museum. 



LlMNOPHILA MEDIALIS, Sp. 11. 



Belated to L. frugi, Bergr. ; first flagellar segment dark brown with 

 only the base yellowish ; wings brown with a sparse brown pattern at 

 the origin of the sector and along the cord. 



Female. Length 7'8 mm. ; wing 8 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae dark brown, basal third 

 or less of the rather long first segment of the flagellum light yellow ; 

 remaining segments of the flagellum elongate-oval, the organ being 

 rather long for this sex. Head dark, pruinose. 



The thorax is discoloured in the unique type, and the colour of the 

 pollen cannot be described. Pronotum brownish-yellow. Mesonotum 

 dark brown. Pleura yellowish-brown, with a broad dark brown longi- 

 tudinal stripe extending from the cervical sclerites to beyond the base 

 of the abdomen. Halteres dark brown, pale at the base. Legs with 

 the coxae and trochanters dull vellow, the remainder of the legs broken. 



